HP 8510 User Manual

Operator's Check
After loading the pulse instrument state and hardware state les, then recalling instrument
state 8, check op eration of the pulsed-RF network analyzer (using internal triggering) by
performing the following basic tests. Refer to the menu diagrams on the last pages of this
document.
Pulse Profile Domain Check
1. Connect a short circuit to p ort 1 of the test set.
2.
Press 4
PARAMETER
5
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MENU
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USER a1 .You are viewing the unratio ed value of the a1
reference signal.
3.
Press 4
DOMAIN
5
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PULSE PROFILE . The signal level is high when the pulse is On and low
when the pulse is O.
4. Press 4
MARKER
5 then move the marker to various p oints on the trace.
5.
Press 4
SYSTEM
5
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MORE
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PULSE CONFIG
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PULSE WIDTH .
6.
Change
the
pulse
width
v
alue.
Notice
that
as
y
ou
increase the
pulse width
past a
certain
p
oin
t,
the
measuremen
t time
for eac
h data
poin
t
will
increase.
7.
Press
N
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N
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N
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N
DUTY
CYCLE ,
then c
hange
the
the
dut
y
cycle
limit.
This
sets
the
maxim
um
dut
y
cycle
p
ercen
t allo
wed
b
y
the
in
ternal
measuremen
t
timing
logic.
Notice
that
com
binations
of
long
pulse
width
and
lo
w
p
ercen
t
dut
y
cycle
will
increase
the
measuremen
t
time
for
eac
h
data
p
oin
t.
8.
Press
4
STOP
5
,
then
c
hange
the
Stop
time.
Adjust
the pulse
width,
n
um
b
er
of
p
oin
ts,
and
the
stop
time to
ac
hiev
e
the
desired
displa
y
.
9.
Press
4
SYSTEM
5
N
N
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N
N
N
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NN
N
MORE
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NN
NN
PULSE
CONFIG
N
N
N
N
N
N
N
N
N
NN
NN
N
N
N
N
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N
N
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N
PULSE
OUT:
LOW
.
Notice
that
the
p
olarit
y
of
the
pulse c
hanges.
10.
Press
N
N
N
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N
PULSE
OUT:
HIGH
.
Operating
the
HP
8510
for
Pulsed-RF
Measurements
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HP 8510 Specifications

General

Dynamic Range	>100 dB
Number of Channels	2
Display	CRT
Resolution Bandwidth (RBW)	1 Hz to 3 MHz
Device Type	Network Analyzer
Interface	GPIB